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One Pot Jambalaya Pasta

One Pot Jambalaya Pasta is the perfect meal. Throw everything in a pot & dinner is done in 20 minutes. Better than Cheesecake Factory’s Jambalaya pasta!

Can you tell I have been loving these one-pot dinners? They are the best! I came up with this One Pot Jambalaya Pasta recipe when I was craving Jambalaya but I wanted to make it simplified somehow. I have had the Jambalaya Pasta at Cheesecake Factory (one of my favs) and wanted to see if I could turn it into a one-pot meal like the One Pot Creamy Garlic Noodles. It was a HUGE success! It literally took minutes to throw this all together and all I had to do was stir it every once in a while. I love how the noodles in these one pot meals soak up all the flavor and seasonings… seriously, SO stinkin’ delicious!

After making this One Pot Jambalaya Pasta, my husband and I were totally fighting over the leftovers. If you want to add shrimp to the mix– don’t add it at the very beginning (they will get overcooked). Throw the shrimp in about 10-15 minutes into the simmering process. They will get nice and pink by the time you are ready to serve. Also, if you would like to give the smoked sausage a little boost of flavor- saute it in a little butter before adding all the other ingredients. If you are in a hurry (like I usually am) you can just throw it in with all the other ingredients. Either way it will taste amazing!

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Hi Erica: This definitely sounds like a dish which my family would enjoy. I love to prepare One Pot Meals on a busy day, since they’re easy, quick, and delicious. I however, always cook the required amount of pasta (or rice) separately, drain & rinse it, and then add it into the pot. (I do this in order to avoid excess starch in our diet.) That being said, can you tell me by how much I should decrease the chicken broth in this recipe, or should I just ‘eyeball’ it?

Never, ever, EVER rinse your pasta. The starch that coats the pasta after being cooked is what allows the sauce to adhere to the pasta and to gain the full flavor of the sauce. For true Jambalaya flavor profile, I would recommend an andouille sausage instead of or in addition to the smoked sausage.

Hello Erica, this is such a great looking recipe that’s easy, fast and perfect for a quick week night meal. The only problem is that it’s just my husband and I. We are empty nesters. Could this recipe be halved? And can seafood broth or vegetable broth be used instead of the chicken broth? Thanks

I just wanted to say thank you so much for this wonderful recipe! I made it to note as a early Valentines day dinner for my husband and he loved it. I am not really a good cook but this was easy for me! Thank you again!

I made this last week and my family absolutely loved it!! They say this is now in the top 10 of the recipes they want me to make frequently. I love it not only for how great it tastes but also for how easy it is to prepare. and only takes one pot. Thanks for this fantastic creation.

Hi ladies. Thank you so much for emailing the recipe to me yesterday. I made this for dinner tonight and my family gave this a 10/10! It was wonderful! As my son and I don’t like seafood, we left it out. The only other changes were, as we are in Australia, we don’t have andouille sausage so I used part chorizo and part smoked kranzky. Also, we don’t have Rotel so just used tinned diced tomatoes. My husband is a bit wimpy about too much spice so I halved the Cajun spice mix lol. It was so flavoursome! This will be a regular for us now. Next time I will add some more spice just to my dish of this! Loved the change from using rice to using pasta. One pot – too easy! lol….Many thanks from Down Under.

Thank you for this great recipe! We live in Louisiana and eat seafood quite a bit. The whole family loved this dish, even our one year old. Because it is so easy to make and delicious, it is now in our regular dinner rotation.